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Goal 1: Ident1 ecological and r, protect and preserve the desirable natural areas and aquatic resources of the community. Rationale: The preservation of Lino Lakes' natural resources and amenities is high priority to the community's citizens. Strategies: • Pursue a well- defined natural resource restoration and management plan for Lino Lakes. • Continue to staff an environmentalist and maintain a city environmental board. • Maintain the partnership of Lino Lakes and Rice Creek Watershed District and other groups such as Anoka County to maintain the aquatic and upland areas of the city. • Establish and fund programs to maintain or improve current green spaces owned by the city. • Where possible, restore damaged or misused natural and ecologically significant areas to their original state. • Require natural space buffers, where appropriate, around wetlands. Goal 2: Initiate and continue vigorous collaborations and programs to address, restore, and preserve the water quality of the region's lakes, wetlands' and other aquatic assets. Rationale: The region's lakes, wetlands, and protected uplands occupy nearly 46% of the city's total area and provide Lino Lakes with a character and ambience unequalled within the region. The deterioration of these vital assets would diminish the city aesthetically and emotionally. As the city inevitably grows and progresses to 2030, the preservation of these aquatic and upland assets is vitally important to maintaining a distinctive feature of the city its citizens cherish. Strategy: Within the resource management plan (RMP) created by the conservation -based partnership between Lino Lakes and the Rice Creek Watershed District, include a component that incorporates TMDL (total maximum daily load) constraints to halt the degradation and achieve restoration of the ecological health of the city's and region's lakes, waterways and other aquatic resources. 22